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Tue, 20 Feb 2018 05:15:15 GMTA lot of times, when i see there's a new post made in a thread in the politics and government sub-forum area, i can click on it via "whos quoted me) or if its the newest thing.
But when i open that sub-forum up, i often don't see it listed?

Why is that?
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Thu, 18 May 2017 18:00:57 GMTIt seems new registrations are not processing correctly.

I don't know what the problem is; I don't have sufficient permissions to fix it.

I think the death spiral is in the final stages.
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Fri, 03 Mar 2017 02:13:31 GMT---Quote (Originally by Mjölnir)---
Odd that I try to be clear and concise, when I err I admit I am wrong ... when it is you there seems to be...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mjölnir

Odd that I try to be clear and concise, when I err I admit I am wrong ... when it is you there seems to be reason after reason why it isn't important.

Since just a week ago I told you I can see before and after edits and deletions etc. you know I could see an edit ... so who is the troll in this situation again? You are more likely just being unsurprisingly childish / immature at this point.

You state your character here is to be my nemesis, then say that isn't all the time, only in political discussions. Last week you said you don't like that I could ban you with no warning, today you say you can't respond to me without fear of repercussion .... something I have not done. You are so inconsistent and unable to see or be honest about it and have to hide. Ehind "I was just kidding", "I only play a character in political threads" or "you should have known what I meant" that it is impossible to know if you are meaning your words to be taken litterally or not; because they are not supposed to be, except when you say they are. You keep predicting I am going to ban you ... at this point you are likely right ... you are proving too immature to carry on conversations with. At least then we will then agree you were right about that.

Cool...well, enjoy yourself with the rest of your time here...hopefully you'll find a room full of people who will suck you dick and keep you happy. Enjoy your discussions with the other 3 people here who have exactly the same view points. I hope that someday you'll realize your own inability to accept any form of criticism. I know, however, that you won't because you're ego would never allow to do so.

The IP address you typically log on to outside of what is probably your working hours is definitely different than the one you log on to during the day"

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Originally Posted by Rainmaker

How much longer till we cross the Rubicon and just start outright 'doxing' forum posters?

Am hoping we don't do that. By 'we' I really mean me ... I am the only one with access to your IPs and registration emails. While the previous mod from Gannett had posted her name in the forum, I drew the line when people were linking her Facebook & LinkedIn profile, a bit stalkery ... and of course people bitched that I deleted those posts.

By using the Admin control panel, I can query what IP's users post or log on from, if not logged in it just shows as 'GUEST'. I can also query IP's and see that 'GUEST' comes from the same IP as @Rainmaker for example. I also get an alert/notice if a foreign or known (recorded) malicious IP logs on. In the past a couple of users logged on from foreign IPs and I sent a PM asking if that was them or not ... in all but one case it was (they were temporarily out of the country). This is how I am seeing the rise in Russian based IPs hitting the site lately.

With an IP it is not hard to localize where someone is. For residential IPs I could get pretty accurate ... DoD ones going through a NOC are more difficult but automatically ID's the base (they use the base name as a domain ID). Logging on from a smart phone would be the hardest to figure out ... I haven't really tracked any of you down, I am not that interested in you.

Also, registration emails (unless you use a email address that is only for MTF) would be a way to dig into folks. Using a .mil address would be overtly easy to research. The best registration email was fuckyoumods@xxxxxxxx.com ... I lol'd at that.

I interpreted what @sandsjames said as he doesn't log on at home (my mistake) which based on the various IPs and times of posting I didn't (at the time) think was accurate.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:34:06 GMTIf you have a password less than 15 days old, I recommend you change it.If you have a password less than 15 days old, I recommend you change it.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:09:42 GMTWith as liberal as this site seems to be going (but then again so is obama taking the military itself that way), i am unsure we will see 'a new dawn' to hold out hope for..
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Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:32:51 GMTSince monday i have not been able to get in?? What went on??Since monday i have not been able to get in?? What went on??
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Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:57:22 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandsjames

Yep, I'm out of my depth. Can't hope to converse with you highfalutin types when I'm jus' a poor working class fella.

So, this brings up an something that I have thought about for years IRT MTF.

On any given topic, everyone is going to have opinions ... and there are going to be people that have more experience about the topic than others and can discuss the topic from a point of experience / credibility.

There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. I am ignorant of many things, I can't be knowledgeable nor experienced on everything. When I am ignorant of something and someone is experienced on the topic, my ears perk up and I pay a bit of attention; I can learn from them. I may not agree with them ... but they have experience I don't.

This happens here on MTF a lot, some time ago in a thread on Air Force EPR's I asked a question because I had several Airman learning from me and could learn from the conversation and was aided by people with knowledge ... at least enough that when I discussed the matter with the Admin shop I had some background ... I was far from being an expert on EPRs, but I learned something.

A topic that is being discussed on MTF is also being discussed on another board I frequent and for some reason the discussion is much more of a ... discussion than people talking past each other and disagreeing for what can only be seen as for the sake of disagreement. I suspect that some people don't want to learn from anyone for a variety of reasons that are their own. When this happens, a person migrates from being ignorant to being stupid. It isn't about being a 'poor working class fella' or being junior or senior ... it is about someone being too stubborn to listen to anyone else or admit that someone else may have more knowledge about a topic. It often even goes beyond being stupid to being childish ...

In the smaller number of 'regulars' we have left, we still have a few hundred years of cumulative experience on a variety of topics across the military. Unfortunately, the majority of what happens here now is childish disagreement for the sake of disagreement.
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Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:00:28 GMTAnyone else getting a lot of double posts?
I am, from 3 different computers and my phone ... not sure why.Anyone else getting a lot of double posts?

I am, from 3 different computers and my phone ... not sure why.
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